Health condition of employees of the test laboratory center

Abstract

Objective: The assessment of health state and occupational health risk to employees of the test laboratory center (TLC) of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor). Methods: The main group included 263 employees of TLC, the comparison group included 60 administrative managers of Rospotrebnadzor. Data on morbidity with temporary disability were analyzed for 2015–2017. The technique of N.V. Dogle and A.Ya. Yurkevich (1984), and guidelines of V.Z. Kucherenko (2004) were used. The assessment of the degree of industrial conditionality of health disorders was carried out in accordance with the recommendations of P 2.2.1766–03 “Guidelines for assessing occupational health risks for workers. Organizational and methodological foundations, principles and evaluation criteria.” Results: The average incidence rate was revealed among employees of the department of sanitary-hygienic laboratory research and the microbiological laboratory. It is proved that respiratory diseases in TLC employees are of occupational nature. Priority occupational factors affecting the incidence rate were identified (occupation, employment experience in the same occupation, harmful working conditions by chemical factor, harmful working conditions by biological factor). Conclusions: The results of assessing the health state and occupational health risks to employees of the main structural divisions of the TLC are consistent with previously obtained data on the harmful conditions of their work and serve as the basis for the scientific justification, development and practical implementation of a set of priority preventive measures.